Essays about: "civilization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 89 essays containing the word civilization.

  1. 1. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910

    University essay from

    Author : Eleonor Ivdal; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : the Sierra Club; intersectional theory; discourse analysis; civilization; American wilderness; national park movement; gender; class; race; ethnicity;

    Abstract : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. READ MORE

  3. 2. Chúuka’an: Activating Public places in grid settlements.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Valeria Rabelo Cabal; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable Urban Design. Green Mobility. Public Spaces. Live Streets. Mixed use living.; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Throughout the years, Mérida has been subject of an outstanding growth, economically, socially and spatially. Starting from being a major Mayan civilization city, to a colonial Spanish settlement that grew into being the capital of the peninsula, it has always gone through changes and innovations according to the necessities of its inhabitants. READ MORE

  4. 3. 'Oumuamua : An analysis of the the debate regarding the first interstellar visitor

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teoretisk astrofysik

    Author : Erik Westergren; [2022]
    Keywords : Oumuamua; asteroid; comet; Avi; Loeb; extraterrestrial; Pan-STARRS; interstellar; alien; vessel; Oumuamua; asteroid; komet; Avi; Loeb; utomjordiskt; PAN-STARRS; interstellär; farkost;

    Abstract : In the year of 2017 in October a strange object with a hyperbolic trajectory was observed in our solar system. There were several hypotheses that scientists used to try to explain what kind of an object it was, but no one could, according to the scientific community as a whole, perpetuate any of these explanations as accepted consensus. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Dissatisfaction of Utopia in Iain M. Banks's Culture Novels

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Björn Carlsten; [2022]
    Keywords : utopia; science-fiction; Iain Banks; the Culture; teaching;

    Abstract : The Culture is a utopian civilization that features in the science-fiction novels of Iain M. Banks that has some claim to be as comprehensively satisfactory and universal in its appeal as possible. READ MORE

  6. 5. STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AT A SWEDISH HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION : The case of Malmö University

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)

    Author : Nándor Ruzsbánszki; [2022]
    Keywords : Education; Future; Media Technology; Organization; Planning; Strategy; University;

    Abstract : Education plays an essential role in people’s lives, throughout history institutions have been made for the better development of knowledge to the society. Contemporary challenges like, digital revolution, demographic changes, and data economy navigates civilization to the so-called knowledge society (Smidt, 2010). READ MORE